AN IMPATIENT Coventry man who dumped his household rubbish after refusing to queue at the tip has been fined £500.

Darren McNulty, of Cranford Road, Coundon, appeared at Coventry Magistrates Court last Wednesday for flytipping charges brought against him by Coventry City Council’s environmental crime unit.

He admitted the charges.

The court heard, that in January this year McNulty, 36, had visited the tip in London Road with a vehicle full of waste.

But when he went back to the centre for a second time on the same day there was a queue. He told the court that on his return, instead of waiting in the queue, he decided he would leave the rubbish in a nearby car park.

He dumped the waste, which included cardboard and various containers, in the Elliotts Auto-store car park in London Road and then drove away.

Coventry City Council’s environmental crime unit was informed of the incident and as part of their investigations into who had dumped the rubbish, they found evidence linking McNulty.

McNulty was fined £500 for dumping the rubbish.

He was also ordered to pay £230 towards court costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

Joy Adams, principal officer at Coventry City Council’s environmental crime unit, said: “Mr McNulty had correctly taken his waste to the household recycling site on the London Road on his first visit but then he failed by dumping his waste on his second journey.

“Whilst the site can get busy at peak times, there is no excuse for residents to dump waste.”

To report incidents of fly-tipping, contact the city council on 024 7683 4333.